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FoDiS Information Series
CASSAVA COOKINGRECIPE BOOK
Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives/Japan International Cooperation Agency
Food Crop Diversification Support Project
(FoDiS)June 2010
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One of the major advantage of cassava is thatboth roots and leaves are consumed. In traditionalcassava growing areas, cassava is the main staple food in
Zambia.
Cassava can be cooked in various ways. The peeled cassavatubers can be boiled and mashed, baked, or sliced and fried,
identical to the cooking of potatoes.
Cassava is composed mostly of carbohydrate and can be a
major source of calories.
Nutrition Value
Energy Carbohydrate Protein VitaminC Iron
Cal g g mg mg
Cassava Flour 342 84 1.5 - 2
Wheat Flour 348 76 6.6 - 4
Cassava Tubers 153 37 0.7 - 1
Pumpkin leaves 45 - 3.8 39.3 0.1
Cassava Leaves 109 15.3 10.9 381 0.07
For more information contact:
Food Crop Diversification Support Project (FoDiS)
Mount Makulu Agricultural Research station
Private Bag7, Chilanga (Tel:021-1278375)
Email: fodis@microlink.zm
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Snack
CASSAVA
PANCAKE
Ingredients
2teacups
Cassava Flour
2 Eggs
1small Onion
Salt & Pepper
1bottle Oil
from flour
Method
1. Grate or chop the onion.2. Beat eggs.3. Put all ingredients into a bowl
and mix thoroughly.
4. Rub oil on a frying pan, dropspoonfuls of the batter at a
time to fry.
5. Brown on both sides.6. Serve with cooked egg, meat,
vegetables, honey or jam.
from flour
Ingredients
1cup Cooking Oil
2cups Sugar
4 Eggs
8cups Cassava Flour
8teaspoons
Baking Powder
Grated Lemon Skin
Salt to taste
1cup Milk
Sweet
CASSAVA CAKE
Method
1. Cream sugar and oil until light
and fluffy.
2. Beat the eggs.
3. Sieve flour, and baking
powder.
4. Fold in the flour and addeggs into the cream.
When the mixture becomes
stiff, add a little milk.
5. Continue this process until all
the flour and eggs have been
used up.
7. Prepare the baking tins and
put in the mixture.
8. Bake in a moderate hot oven
for 20-25minutes.
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Sweet
CASSAVA
SCONE
Ingredients
6teacupsCassava
Flour
1teacup
Groundnuts
Powder
4teaspoons
Baking Powder
Salt
3BigSpoons Sugar
2 Eggs, beaten
cups Cooking Oil
Milk
from flour
Method
1. Sift dry ingredientstogether.
2. Add eggs and oil to .3. Mix well then slowly add milk
to make hard dough.
4. Roll out dough and cut intocircles. Place them on a
greased tin.
5. Bake in a moderate hot ovenfor 20minutes.
from fresh tubers & leaves
Cassava Chips
Ingredients
Fresh Cassava
Tubers
slice and soak
in water
Salt
Oil
Method
1. Cut tubers thinand soak in
water.
2. Heat oil anddeep-fry till
slices get crispy.
Vegetable dish
Spiced Cassava Leaves
IngredientsCassava leaves,
cut and pounded
Onion chopped
Tomato chopped
Salt
Cooking Oil
Method
1. Wash cassava leaves and cutroughly, then pound.
2. Cook pounded leaves tilltender.
3. Heat oil in the pan, cookchopped-onion and
chopped-tomato.
4. Add cooked leaves and mixwell. Sprinkle salt to taste.
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Meat dish
Cassava STEW
Ingredients
3 Cassava Tubers
1/4kg Beef
3 Tomatoes
2 Onions
3 Carrots
1 Sweet Pepper
Cooking Oil
Salt
*optional*
Curry Powder
Turmeric Powder
Paprika Powder
from fresh tubers
Method
1. Wash and peel cassava,
then cut them in peace.2. Boil till done but firm.
3. Cut meat in small cubes.
4. Slice vegetables.
5. Put cooking oil to a pot andstir-fry onion. Add beef and
other vegetable, cook.
6. Sprinkle salt and spices.
7. Add cooked cassava andsimmer for 5minutes.
from flour
Ingredients
teacup Cooking Oil
teacup Sugar
1 Egg, beaten
3teacupsCassava
Flour
3teaspoons
Baking Powder
A pinch of Salt
teacup Water
Sweet
BISCUITS
Method
1. Mix well in a bowl, oil, sugarand egg.
2. In a separate Bowl, mix thedry ingredients and mix well.
3. Add all the ingredientstogether and mix well.
4. Roll the dough for biscuitsmaking shape.
5. Put them into a greased bakingtin and cook in a pre-heated
oven until golden brown.
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Snack
Cassava
FRITTERS
Ingredients
2teacupsCassava Flour
2 Eggs
1 Onion
Salt to taste
Oil
from flour
Method
1. Put teacup of cassava flourinto teacup of boiling
water.
2. Remove it from a fire, turnit four or five times
immediately.
3. Mix remaining flour and salt,add (cooked cassava). Mix
together until mixture
resembles bread crumbles.
4. Mix grated onion and beateneggs. Add salt to taste. The
mixture should be of a thickconsistency,
5. Deep fry spoonfuls tillgolden brown.
from fresh tubers
Ingredients
Fresh Cassava Tubers
boiled until
tender
Cowpeas
boiled until
tender
Onion chopped
Tomato chopped
Salt
Beans dish
Fresh Cassava Tubers
with Cowpeas
Method
1. Peel cassava tubers and cutinto small pieces. And boil
them until tender.
2. Wash cowpeas and boil themuntil tender.
3. Chopped onion and tomato.4. Mix 1 to 3 together. Sprinkle
salt.
*sprinkle curry powder if you like.
*Add sliced cabbage, the dish
become colorful and savory.
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Snack
Fresh Cassava
Tubers in
Peanut Butter
Ingredients
Cassava Tubers
boiled until
tender
Peanuts Butter
Salt
from fresh tubers
Method
1. Peel cassava tubers and cutinto small pieces. And boil
them until tender.
2. Roast ground nuts andsprinkle salt on them. Pound
roasted ground nuts to make
peanut butter.
3. Pour some luke water into 2to make soft.
4. Mix with 1 and 2.
from flour
Ingredients
2teacupsCassava Flour
2teaspoons Baking
Powder
2 Eggs
2tablespoons Sugar
3tablespoons Oil
teacup Water/Milk
Salt to taste
Snack
Cassava MANDAZI
Method
1. Sift and mix all dryingredients in a bowl.
2. Rub in the Oil till mixtureresembles bread crumbs.
3. Mix well and add beaten eggsin the centre.
4. Add water or milk and kneadfirm dough.
5. Divide dough and roll it toinch thickness.
6. Cut pieces into 1inch square.7. Heat oil and deep-fry till
golden brown.
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Vegetable dish
Cassava Leaves
&
Groundnuts Powder
Ingredients
Cassava leaves,
cut and
pounded
Groundnuts Powder
Onion chopped
Salt
from fresh leaves
Method
1. Wash cassava leaves and cutroughly, then pound.
2. Cook pounded leaves tilltender.
3. Pound groundnuts and sieveto make powder.
4. Add chopped onion intoleaves.
5. Add groundnuts powder andsalt to taste.
from fresh leaves
Ingredients
Cassava leaves
Dry Fish
Onion
Tomato
Salt
Cooking Oil
Vegetable dish
Cassava Leaves
& Dry Fish
Method
1. Soak dry fish in the water.2. Boil it until tender.3. Wash cassava leaves and cut
roughly, then pound.
4. Cook pounded leaves tilltender.
5. Heat oil in the pan, cook onionand tomato.
6. Add cooked fish and leaves.Sprinkle salt to taste and mix
well.
*If there are small children, it
is better to remove all bonesfrom fish.